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Leading_Pears
Besides awesome rocks and Jeep trails, Sedona has some of the most beautiful prickly pears I have seen. Healthy looking, sporting many shapely lobes. This composition caught my eye on my way to the far more famous cactus-with-a-puddle shot on Secret Slickrock. I did go there and shot the puddle but kept coming back yearning for something more original. A leading path made of prickly pears, ran through my mind. I went to this location probably five times, each time scratching my head, trying to not get scratched by the plentiful and beautiful cactii everywhere. This is what came out of those thoughts before I pounced. Just enough light to light up the Cathedral Rock with enough light in the foreground for the prickly path with decent sky as a bonus. This is a heavy focus stack to get all thorns sharp as they should be. Nikon Z7, 24-70mm f4 at f9 and 30mm, 1/125 sec., ISO 400.
Leading_Pears
Besides awesome rocks and Jeep trails, Sedona has some of the most beautiful prickly pears I have seen. Healthy looking, sporting many shapely lobes. This composition caught my eye on my way to the far more famous cactus-with-a-puddle shot on Secret Slickrock. I did go there and shot the puddle but kept coming back yearning for something more original. A leading path made of prickly pears, ran through my mind. I went to this location probably five times, each time scratching my head, trying to not get scratched by the plentiful and beautiful cactii everywhere. This is what came out of those thoughts before I pounced. Just enough light to light up the Cathedral Rock with enough light in the foreground for the prickly path with decent sky as a bonus. This is a heavy focus stack to get all thorns sharp as they should be. Nikon Z7, 24-70mm f4 at f9 and 30mm, 1/125 sec., ISO 400.